The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-04-02
THE TREASURER.
He Takes the TreaSurer's
Portfolio Gracefully and
Naturally.
Judgc Maynard Takes the
fIncc al Assistant Trcns.
uLcr Upon solicitation.
IrcnsIlrrr iimIrrIhiIh.

treasurer tnirchiid
WAsHINGToN, April. MIR. Fair
child entered upon the discharge of
his duties to-day, lie was sworn i'm
at ] O'Clock, aud he gracefully took
formal possession of the Office and
desk formerly occupied by ex.Sccre-
inry of the Tr aasury Manning. The
officers and many of the clerks OF the
department
WAITED UPON HIM EARLY
aud extended their congratulations.
The crowd Became so great that he
: was compelled to abandon all idea of
attending To the current work CLAIM.
ing his attention. lie caused tenn
+ porary halt bv announcing that he
would receive his official friends in.
formally in the afternoon, after he
had disposed of his mail lie re.
ceived
PRoFrSloN OF FLOWERS
0nd cOngratuatory letters and tele.
grams from all parts of The country.
The majority of the kilograms were
from bankers and business men.
Judge Maynard will not qualify as a..
sistant secretary before Monday. as
/ he desires to dispose of some bust
ness, now pending in the second
comptrOlcr's Office. In accepting his
new Office he Will suilcr loss of $500
year in his salary. He makes the
change at the personal solicitation OF
the president, and also of Secretary
tairchild, with the latter OF whom ho
enjoys the closet personal relations.
OLEoMARGARINE
a statement prepared at the Office
of the commissioner of internal rev
cuuc shows that there are thirty-scVcn
factories engaged in the manufacture
{ .i artificial butter NOW in operation
in tie United States ~ follows: Two
IN Denver Col; eleven in Chicago:One
in kckomo, lnd; ono in Kansas CITY:
one in Armourdalc, Kan; one in Ash
land, " IT,; three in Hurley. Wis. one
in Eau ClHire, Wis one in Chippewa.
Wis There are 3,531 retail dealers in
olc0margarinG in the nited States
who paid special taXC- us tuch i'm the
months OF November aud December.
1856, and January and February, 1882.
The number OF whOleealc dealers is
2G6. The quantity of olcomargarine
manufactured and removed for con-
sumption or sale a. cents per pound
during tho last four mOntos IL as fol-
lows: November, 1889, A,7l9.569
pounds; December, 1856, 2,7s6,27S;
January, 1889, 2,5Ol.lll pounds: Feb
auary, 1887, 2,6l5,779 pounds; total,
l2,G45,7i0 pounds. The quantity cx-
ported from tho United States il a.
follows November, 1886, 3,2l7
pounds; December, sS6, 1859 pounds:
January, 1887, 52,76l pounds, Fcbrua-
ry, lSsI3S, 100 pounds; total, l52,797
pounds.
PERSIAN WOOL.
The collector of customs at philn- |.
dclphia has submitted tor the decIs- .
ion Of the treasury department
question as 10 what shall be consider
ed the country ofcXportHtiOn in the
case OF certain Persian wool which
arrived AT Philadelphia from London
to local merchants. The
estimated the dutiablc vallo
Df the wool at its market valuo in
London on the date of expectation to
protested against the action They
that the merchandise
was purchased nj Bagdad for ship.
nent at BussOras TO II port in the
United States rs directly as means
Of transportation would allow, Lon
Ion being only port
Df iranshipment, Occssioncd
by the fact that there Is no direct
communication between ltussoias
md Philadelphia. They hold, there.
ore, that the market value of the
wool at Russoras on the date OF cI.
)ortation is the value 10 be estimated
or the purpose Of liking the classiii,
alton of the wool, In letter TO the
collector at Philadelphia on the sub
Get, Acting Secretary Fairchild says
hat under the provisions of the
WOOL schedule the duty on woods is
upon "the value thereof
It the last port or place whence inn
,ortcd to the United states" The
unctious Of the appraisers are, there.
ore, he says, restricted to the finding